Old Railroad video's from the 1940-50 from my grandfather, while he was a member of Railroad Club of Southern California while he worked for SP.
This video include shots from Railroad Club of Southern California of Southern Pacific and a trip to Canada and The Chicago Railroad Fair in the 1940's.
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John, thanks for sharing.
Steve
Just watched the first few minutes. Will finish watching tonight. Thank you for sharing it. What a nice gift your grandfather left you.
Thanks for sharing.
Good stuff.
You have to wonder how they ran the Bi-Polar at the Chicago Railroad Fair as there wasn't any wire strung.
Rusty
awesome!! thanks for posting!
What great record of your family!
Peter
John:
Film like this is priceless. Thank you for sharing!
Curt
Great video. Thanks for posting.
Rusty Traque posted:Good stuff.
You have to wonder how they ran the Bi-Polar at the Chicago Railroad Fair as there wasn't any wire strung.
Rusty
I'd like to know that, myself.
Rusty Traque posted:Good stuff.
You have to wonder how they ran the Bi-Polar at the Chicago Railroad Fair as there wasn't any wire strung.
Rusty
Could it have had pickup shoes for yard work? That would seem reasonable but I have no idea really.
Fabulous. Reminded me of the California I knew and loved. The orange groves; Santa Paula; Ojai; Ventura.
Simply wonderful. Thank you!
Thanks everyone for you comment.
My grand father passed away before I was born. I converted the 8mm film to digital about 10 years ago.
My son help edit the video this week end. Will have 3 more videos once we upload them.
My Grandmother, aunt and mom got me involved it trains with a Mark batterey power O27 set when I was 4 years old.
John
John, I got some good ideas from your video on building a new HO lay-out.
LaramieJoe posted:Fabulous. Reminded me of the California I knew and loved. The orange groves; Santa Paula; Ojai; Ventura.
Simply wonderful. Thank you!
Truly the most pleasurable aspect of watching old videos or looking at old photos.
Things seemed to have so much more character back then versus now.
Not a hint of "cinder block modern" big box store architecture or flying shoebox railroad equipment in those videos.
The way it was. Great video, thanks for sharing it. 
Sweet!
Opening shot is LAUPT obviously. The shots of the E7s and Cab forward appear to be at Burbank Junction Tower, where the Coast and San Joaquin routes diverge. Nice catch of the E7s in the Golden State paint scheme.
Here is the link to the discussion on the second video.
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